Yunjin Kim (Hangul: 김윤진; born November , ), also known as Kim
Yun-Jin is a South Korean-American film and theater actress. She is
best known for her role as Sun on the American television series Lost,
and as the North Korean spy Bang-Hee in the South Korean film Shiri.
She also starred as Dr. Karen Kim in the ABC drama series
Mistresses.Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea on November , . She
immigrated to the United States with her family in . They lived in
Staten Island, New York. She joined the middle school drama club in
the th grade and performed in the musical My Fair Lady.Kim attended
high school at the prestigious Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of
Music & Art and Performing Arts, a public high school located in
Manhattan. From there, she went on to study drama at the London
Academy of Performing Arts and later earned her BFA degree in drama at
Boston University. Kim has remarked that in her zeal to become
Americanized quickly, she studied acting, academics and pronunciation
with equal intensity.[citation needed] She is also a trained dancer
and martial arts fighter.After graduation, Kim devoted herself
full-time to acting. She garnered several minor parts on MTV, in soap
opera-style dramas on ABC, and on the off-Broadway stage. In , she
starred in Splendid Holiday, a Korean TV drama shot on location in New
York. Kim decided to return to Korea. She was cast in the TV drama
Wedding Dress and was also invited to act in Lee Kwangmo's feature
Spring in My Hometown, although she ended up not taking this
role.[citation needed] Her breakthrough debut came in the film Shiri,
South Korea's first blockbuster film. Shiri became the
highest-grossing film in Korean history at the time. In November , she
continued her association with Kang Je-gyu in The Legend of Gingko.
Yun-Jin is a South Korean-American film and theater actress. She is
best known for her role as Sun on the American television series Lost,
and as the North Korean spy Bang-Hee in the South Korean film Shiri.
She also starred as Dr. Karen Kim in the ABC drama series
Mistresses.Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea on November , . She
immigrated to the United States with her family in . They lived in
Staten Island, New York. She joined the middle school drama club in
the th grade and performed in the musical My Fair Lady.Kim attended
high school at the prestigious Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of
Music & Art and Performing Arts, a public high school located in
Manhattan. From there, she went on to study drama at the London
Academy of Performing Arts and later earned her BFA degree in drama at
Boston University. Kim has remarked that in her zeal to become
Americanized quickly, she studied acting, academics and pronunciation
with equal intensity.[citation needed] She is also a trained dancer
and martial arts fighter.After graduation, Kim devoted herself
full-time to acting. She garnered several minor parts on MTV, in soap
opera-style dramas on ABC, and on the off-Broadway stage. In , she
starred in Splendid Holiday, a Korean TV drama shot on location in New
York. Kim decided to return to Korea. She was cast in the TV drama
Wedding Dress and was also invited to act in Lee Kwangmo's feature
Spring in My Hometown, although she ended up not taking this
role.[citation needed] Her breakthrough debut came in the film Shiri,
South Korea's first blockbuster film. Shiri became the
highest-grossing film in Korean history at the time. In November , she
continued her association with Kang Je-gyu in The Legend of Gingko.
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